Congrats, Boston Red Sox: You’re the villains now

So, What Happened?

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Boston happened.  11 Parades in 16 years happened, and those who were starved for winning were suddenly drunk on the power that it brought.  Now, the populous that once prided itself on its romantic way of losing had their eyes fixed on the man that couldn’t just magically make it happen.

There had of course been rumors that he had strained many relationships within the organization and that his contract may not have been renewed when it came due, but in the short term, the Red Sox are facing many pressing issues, and the man with the clipboard has been shown the door.

What do you do with Mookie Betts?  Does this affect JD Martinez’s decision to stay with Boston?  He was in Detroit with Dombrowski after all…

While Dombrowski’s tenure was not perfect, he brought a city that has known nothing but winning for the past decade another ring, and had a legitimate shot at more. Yet here we are, debating who will replace him.  All of this juxtaposed to the new look New York Yankees, who seem to be making hero’s out of every replacement level player they can find, while their star-studded starters sit idly on the Injured List.

In a sport built on failure, few have seen as much success as David Dombrowski, and yet he could not live up to this city’s impossible standards they had just recently acquired.  Sound familiar, Red Sox Fans?  Don’t we recall a city with insufferable standards, a mountainous payroll, and an impenetrable arrogance?

It’s a different era in Fenway, like it or not, and it cost the captain his chair.